Isle of Wight County supervisors voted unanimously on Oct. 17 to conditionally approve a cost-sharing agreement that would commit taxpayer dollars and money from private developers toward building a roundabout on Turner Drive by 2029.
The vote is conditioned on Smithfield’s Town Council, at a scheduled Oct. 28 meeting, also agreeing to commit taxpayer funds toward the project.
The county has until Nov. 1 to accept or decline a $2.2 million Virginia Department of Transportation grant that requires the county to come up with the remaining $4.5 million of the project’s estimated $7.6 million cost. The cost includes the roundabout and additional turn lanes from Benns Church Boulevard onto Turner…